A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Atsipopoulon in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700049ed. Id of event: us700049ed. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/19 / 2019-06-24 19:00:13 / June 24, 2019 @ 7:00 pm. The temblor was detected at 21:00:13 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 24.302 East, latitude 35.2122 North, depth = 2.65 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.65 km (2 miles).
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Néa Alikarnassós, Irákleion, Gázi.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km SW of Atsipopoulon, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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